David Mitchell is an experienced litigator who has prosecuted consumer protection cases in multiple state and federal trial courts and appellate jurisdictions. David was recognized by his peers as the #1 Consumer Protection attorney for eight consecutive years (2016-2024) in Tampa Magazine’s annual TopLawyers® list. David was also selected as a SuperLawyers® Rising Star from 2016 to 2019 and was selected to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 in Florida (2017 to 2019) and The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 in Florida (2021).
David concentrates his practice as a Trial Lawyer in the area of Consumer Protection Litigation, specifically focusing on class action cases involving violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) by telemarketers and other bad actors. Throughout his career, David has helped individuals across the country fight back against harassment and misconduct, including unscrupulous and predatory debt collection practices, incessant unwanted robocalls/robotexts, wrongful adverse credit reporting, and other unlawful misconduct on the part of business entities.
David has obtained substantial jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients who have been harmed by unlawful business practices, successfully prosecuting claims in individual arbitration actions, civil jury trials in state and federal court, nationwide federal class actions and multi-party litigation, as well as appeals in state and federal courts of appeals.
David holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Florida; a Masters of Business Administration from Stetson University School of Business Administration; and a Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law. He is admitted to practice law in the state of Florida and is admitted in the following federal courts:
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
- United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
- United States District Court, Southern District of Florida